An Italian, an Irishman and a Chinese fellow are hired at a construction site. The foreman points out a huge pile of sand and says to the Italian guy, “Your’re in charge of sweeping,� to the Irishman, “You’re in charge of shoveling, and to the Chinese guy, “And you’re in charge of supplies. “Now, I have to leave for a little while. I expect you guys to make a dent in that pile.�

So the foreman goes away for a couple hours, and when he returns, the pile of sand is untouched. He says to the Italian, “Why didn’t you sweep any of it?â€? The Italian replies, “I didn’t have a broom. You said the Chinese guy was in charge of supplies, but he disappeared and I couldn’t find him.â€? Read more »

anyone who’s traveled extensively abroad can appreciate this one…

A man decided to visit his brother who was stationed in Germany. He assumed that most Germans would speak English. But he quickly discovered that many people spoke only their native tongue, including the ticket inspector on the train. Read more »

… get blown wildly off course and become lost after drifting into dense fog. After several hours of failing to discover where they are, one of the gentlemen says “I can tell where we are simply by reaching down into the fog!”

He promptly reaches over the edge of the balloon, rummages around and announces “We are currently over Pisa in Italy”. His friend is astonished and asks how he can be so sure, “Well,” says the first gentleman, “I could feel the top of the Leaning Tower!”

Several hours later he reaches Read more »